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EMPOWER • IMPACT • INSPIRE

Aligned with Head-Royce School’s core tenets of Scholarship, Diversity, and Citizenship, the mission of Heads Up is to provide first-generation college bound students of color from Oakland public schools with challenging and enriching programming to cultivate socially responsible leaders.

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An Amazing Adventure

All of it, every single moment at Heads Up, is just an amazing adventure and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. - Heads Up 8th grader

A Commitment to Consistency

My favorite assignment in this class was the morning worksheets because on each one I got to see how I improved and what I did wrong. That was how I earned higher scores.- Heads Up 6th grader

Deep Community and Limitless Opportunity

Many people expect summer programs to be boring, especially if it is academically-based, however, the experience was completely different with Heads Up. I would say the Heads Up 'special ingredient' is the community and opportunities––making everlasting bonds with my peers and mentors, while exploring subjects and experiences I never had before.- Heads Up Alum '19

The health and well-being of our students, families, faculty and staff is our highest priority.

Given the rapidly evolving situation with the novel coronavirus, we have created a COVID-19 Information web page with resources and links for our community. The page will be updated as we receive new information.